!!!STAY!!!: 01/29/14: Smulls, MO

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a stay of execution for Missouri death row inmate Herbert Smulls. Smulls was scheduled to die early Wednesday, after Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon denied him clemency. But late Tuesday night, the U.S. Supreme Court intervened.

The appeal was submitted on the basis of the state’s refusal to disclose details of their source for the executions poisons.